LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: coala Gimnazial Nr. 1 Albetii de Mucel

TEACHER: Pietrreanu Cristina
GRADE: 6th
TIME: 12:20-13:10
DATE: 26th March 2014
THE TITLE OF THE LESSON: The Degrees of Comparison
DIDACTIC AIMS:

to use the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of regular adjectives;

to recognise the forms of the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of regular

adjectives;
to be able to translate the forms of the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of

regular adjectives;
to use these forms in conversation;
to be able to make simple comparisons.

AIDS: worksheet, notebooks, board

TYPE OF LESSON: acquisition
METHODS: conversation, explanation, exercise
INTERACTION: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; pair work
MOMENTS OF THE
LESSON
Greeting

Revision of the previous

lesson

TEACHERS
ACTIVITY
Good afternoon.
How are you?

PUPILS ACTIVITY

TIME

Good afternoon, teacher.

Fine, thank you.

What lesson have you

prepared for today?

We have prepared the

Present Perfect Simple
Tense

The teacher asks the

pupils to speak about
the grammar tense
Present Perfect
Simple.

The pupils speak about

the Present Perfect
Simple Tense and come
to the blackboard to
write examples and
explain its forms and
uses.

Please, give examples.

Checking homework

What is your homework

for today?

I have read 25 pages

from the new book so
far.

The pupils will come to

the blackboard to write
down the homework,
Present Perfect Simple
exercises.

The teacher asks three

pupils of different hair

lengths to stand in
front of the class and
describes the length of
their hair using the
degree of comparison
of regular verbs.
Janes hair is long.

Warm up

Annes hair is longer

than Janes.

The adjective is long.

No, Janes hair isnt

being compared to
anyone.

Sarahs hair is the

longest among the
three girls.

In the second sentence,

Annes hair is compared
to Janes hair.

The teacher writes these

In the third sentence,

Sarahs hair is compared
to the others two girls
hair.

sentences on the
board and says: The
first sentence simply
makes a statement.
What adjective is
used? Is Janes hair
being compared to
anyone? Now, look at
the second sentence.
Is there any
comparison made?
Who are being

compared? Take a
look at the third
sentence, is there any
comparison made?
Announcement of the
next activities

The teacher tells the

pupils that they are
going to learn to make
comparisons using the
Degrees of Comparison.
The teacher will write
on the board a chart for
comparatives and
superlatives.

The pupils will listen to

the teacher.

The pupils will copy the

chart from the board in
their notebooks.

ACTIVITY 1
Writing and Speaking

10
The teacher will explain
the comparatives and
superlatives forms.
The teacher will ask the
pupils to add more
adjectives.

The teacher will write

on the board sentences
using the Degrees of
Comparison.

ACTIVITY 2
Speaking

The pupils will listen to

the teacher.
The pupils will add
more adjectives like:
big, fat, easy,

expensive, intelligent.

The pupils will listen to

the teacher.
10

Joshua is an
intelligent kid.
Christine is more
intelligent than
Joshua.
Francis is the most
intelligent of all.
The teacher asks: What

are the three degrees

The pupils will answer:

of comparison of
adjective?
When do we use the
positive, comparative,
superlative degree?
How are the
comparative and
superlative degrees
formed in one-syllable
adjective? What about
in an adjective of two
or more syllables?
What do you call the
degree of adjective
formed by adding -er
or -est? What about
when you add more or
most?

ACTIVITY 3
Practice
Writing

Homework

The teacher will ask the

pupils to fill in the

blanks with the
correct degree of
comparison.

The teacher will give

them the homework.

Adjectives with one

syllable form their
comparative degree
by adding -er, for the
superlative degree -est
is added.
For adjectives of two
or more syllables, use
more or less and most
or least to make
comparison.

The pupils will come to

the board.

The pupils will make

sentences using the
adjectives strange,

10

dull, handsome, shy

and blue in different
degrees.
Evaluation

The teacher will give

marks to the pupils who
have answered.